Shamubeel Eaqub

‘Fiscal Stimulus’: Grant Robertson’s economic silver bullet, but what is it?

8 Aug 18, 1:48pm

As the economy shifts down a gear, the Finance Minister has been talking up the ‘fiscal stimulus’ the Government has at its disposal, but what is ‘fiscal stimulus’ and how will it help the economy?
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S&P: Government debt increase unlikely to shift NZ’s credit rating

12 Apr 18, 7:41am

Jason Walls

61 comments

One of the world’s biggest credit rating agencies says as Government debt is already so low, increasing it by a few percentage points would be unlikely to impact NZ's overall credit rating
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Is the Government on the right track with its debt target?

16 Mar 18, 3:12pm

Jason Walls

17 comments

The Govt’s target of getting net Crown debt down to 20% of GDP by 2022 has been questioned, but Finance Minister Grant Robertson is not budging from his commitment
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Build the rules, and the houses will follow

25 Feb 18, 7:24am

Eric Crampton

45 comments

Eric Crampton argues fixing problems constraining infrastructure financing and with local government housing supply incentives must be the Govt's most important task
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Expect ‘far more’ than 100,000 new homes, Twyford says

12 Feb 18, 2:43pm

Jason Walls

127 comments

Housing Minister Phil Twyford has hit back at claims his Government is not ambitious enough with its KiwiBuild policy and says expect ‘far more’ than 100,000 new houses over the next decade
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Let's not overface ourselves

12 Feb 18, 1:45pm

David Hargreaves

81 comments

There is a danger in over-examining issues such as the housing market, rather than just rolling up sleeves and taking action
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'A deeper more entrenched housing crisis'

12 Feb 18, 10:01am

Jason Walls

128 comments

A 'stocktake' of the housing market commissioned by the Govt paints a 'sobering impact of the housing crisis, particularly on children', says Housing Minister Phil Twyford
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Should reducing government debt really be a priority right now?

20 Sep 17, 9:11am

Jenée Tibshraeny

53 comments

National, Labour and the Greens want to reduce government debt. But is it the right time for political parties to be campaigning on tightening the government’s purse strings?
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Election 2017: Into the final week

18 Sep 17, 7:36am

Alex Tarrant

278 comments

English defends campaign ads, looks to seniors & families; Ardern defends tax U-turn; Greens want landlords registered & maintenance bonds; Seymour touts positive poll; TOP says 5% in reach, gets qualified Eaqub support
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Local government and the housing crisis

30 Aug 17, 7:36am

Shamubeel Eaqub

60 comments

Shamubeel Eaqub says there is a failure to think long-term by both local and central government. Local authorities are not the only ones responsible for the housing crisis, but they can do a lot, he believes
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A light touch on foreign trusts and companies

3 Jun 17, 6:02am

Guest

8 comments

Shamubeel Eaqub says the reality is that we are soft on white-collar crime and we aren’t good at regularly updating our rules and regulations
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Why houses in NZ have become so expensive and change will be so hard

6 Apr 17, 12:00pm

Alex Tarrant

231 comments

Shamubeel Eaqub rails against govt failures that led to an undersupply of 500,000 homes over 30 years, and rising societal gaps as social housing was ignored
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BNZ CEO apologises for chief economist

6 Mar 17, 1:32pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

135 comments

Anthony Healy tweets apology for Tony Alexander's 'inflammatory remarks' about the housing crisis, saying inter-generational debates aren't helpful
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Missing a key point

29 Sep 16, 8:26am

Geoff Simmons

81 comments

Geoff Simmons critiques Nigel Latta's view of what is wrong with our economy; claims Latta missed the biggest factor - the misdirection of capital into housing
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Friday's guest Top 10

29 Jul 16, 10:02am

Matt Nolan

23 comments

Matt Nolan on the Top 10 misleading economic facts
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Why we can't afford to be ageist

22 Jun 16, 4:34pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

22 comments

Jenée Tibshraeny looks at killing ageism to help keep the silver tsunami employed as the population ages and New Zealand suffers a skills shortage
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Friday's guest Top 10

22 Jan 16, 10:16am

Guest

19 comments

Shamubeel Eaqub on whether gold is really a defensive asset, 2008 reprised, economic forecasting, oil, inflation, China's GDP, Davos & more
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Shamubeel Eaqub says any downturn in Auckland housing market will be shortlived

15 Jan 16, 2:17pm

Greg Ninness

43 comments

Shamubeel Eaqub says there could be a modest correction in Auckland house prices but a potentially major downturn in Christchurch and Chinese investors won't be coming back
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The 2015 Interesties Awards

21 Dec 15, 1:02pm

Gareth Vaughan

64 comments

The 2015 Interesties featuring John Key, Graeme Wheeler, Chinese property investors (or not), a boxing commenter, charts, ghost houses, a swearing economist, Mr O'Loan, immigrants, bubbles & plenty of disruption
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Pengxin International speaks out after being denied Lochinver Station

10 Nov 15, 10:55am

Jenée Tibshraeny

27 comments

Chinese investor challenges NZ to stop treating foreign investors as 'privileged'; Calls for OIO to be revamped; Experts question whether Govt has public support to make changes
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